Pak Jong Chon has been elected to the Presidium of the Politburo, in effect, replacing Ri Pyong-chol on the 5-man Standing Committee.
Now, we have a better image of the scene at this year's October Parade. How long before Kim Jong-eun replaces his wife, Ri Sol-ju¿ #NorthKorea
Alternate members added to the Politburo: Yu Jin, Rim Kwang Il and Jang Jong Nam.
It does make sense to elevate Pak Jong-chon as the WPK places the Land Management issue high on its agenda. It would require much input from military builders to develop infrastructure. #NorthKorea
Rest assured that newly-elected Chief of the General Staff, Rim Kwang-il, will be pushing for more firepower {tactical nukes} from his boss
His election is yet another indication that this is not the time for diplomacy in Pyongyang. Is he a hawk/hardliner or realist¿ #NorthKorea
Sung Kim, US envoy for #NorthKorea, Takehiro Funakoshi, director-general of Japan's foreign ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Noh Kyu-duk, the S. Korean foreign ministry’s special representative for Korean peninsula peace and security affairs preparing for a tete³
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